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This is put down to the fact that in
our economic-rationalist society, where mothers are forced to
go out and work to help make ends meet, staying at home to care
for their children is simply not an option, and this lack of
personal parental care and lack of attention contributes to
the dysfunctionality.
It has been found that as well as parenting
and brain stimulation, nutrition in the early years of life,
up to adolescence, also plays a powerful determinant role in
delinquent behaviour due to its effect on the brain, particularly
with respect to polyunsaturated fatty acids. At a recent workshop
of the US National Institute of Health, evidence of LS-Polyunsaturated
fatty acids on infant brain development continues to accumulate
with respect to improvement in visual acuity and perceptual
and motor skills.
Globalisation puts tremendous stresses
on the younger generation as well as the parents, who are often
changing jobs and adapting to new technologies.
The world is finally recognising that
children's rights to education, growth and development, physical,
cognitive, social, emotional and moral, cannot be met without
a comprehensive approach to serving their needs from birth.
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References
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B.S., New England Journal of Medicine, 1998
- Mechanisms of Brain Development – Developmental Health and
the Wealth of Nations – Cynader and Frost, Book 1999
- Early Years Task Force Study Report for the Government of
Ontario, Canada –April 1998
- Independent Inquiries into Inequalities in Health Report,
London, The Stationery Office, Nov. 1998,
- "A Precarious Balance: Economic Opportunities, Civil
Society, and Political Liberty". The Responsive Community
Vol. 5., Issue 3, Summer 1995, pages unnumbered
- "Investing in the Future", World Bank Conference
on Early Childhood Development, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996
- The Selected Works of Melanie Klein and The Undiscovered
Self, Carl Jung
- Civilisation and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud
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Mental Disorders in Australian General Practice, School of
Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, MJA, July 2001
- Men’s Health Paper, Prof. Avni Sali, Head of Graduate School
of Medicine, Swinburne University, Victoria, 2000
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